How important is cross-faction play to you? How much do you think it will change World of Warcraft?
Patch 9.2.5 next week, and we're getting Cross-Faction Grouping, a feature I've wanted for years and years.
Lore Watch Podcast: The surprising connection between the Brokers and Vanilla WoW
This week we explore the connection between the Brokers of Zerith Mortis and the leper gnome recombobulator in Vanilla WoW’s Kharanos, how the head of the Dragonflights are replaced when one falls, and whether not Bolvar is dead, alive, or somewhere in between.
Blizzard tells us which dungeons and raids won’t be available for cross faction play on patch 9.2.5 release
If you're like me, you have a lot of friends on the other side of the faction divide, and so you may have been waiting patiently...
When is the patch 9.2.5 release date? May 31!
The World of Warcraft Shadowlands patch 9.2.5 release candidate from a few days ago is apparently the release candidate, because Blizzard has posted to their official site that we're getting patch 9.2.5 next week, on May 31.
The Queue: She’s riding a cat and there are stars around her
My wife has been playing this mobile game, and last night, she texted me a series of pictures of the art and characters from this game. To put it mildly, they are reminiscent of other games. Like, that header image? I had to crop it to fit, so you’re not really getting the full picture. But trust me, these guys are not even trying to hide it. The Orcs in the game are even worse, but they are far from the worst offenders.
This is the Queue. I’m legitimately fascinated by this game.
How to switch between DMing and playing in D&D
Some people are what's called eternal DMs -- they got into Dungeons and Dragons or other TTRPGs and started running games at some point, and it became almost all they ever do.
How do you approach using catch-up mechanics?
I just returned to Azeroth after a few months off and I'm trying to figure out which of my characters to focus on and get through into Zerethh Mortis, and I realized that Shadowlands is the first World of Warcraft expansion where I stopped playing for an extended period of time.
The Queue: The Ballad
There’s one in every show, so since Cory was talking so much about placeholders, this is a pretty good spot to put this one.
This is The Queue, where you ask us questions and we’ll take a minute to answer before getting back to vocal warm ups.
Hearthstone’s Interim Game Director shares some exciting features he’d like to work on
Hearthstone's Interim Game Director August Dean Ayala (aka Iksar) made a simple tweet where he shared his wish to work on several exciting features for the game — and each of them would be absolutely massive.
What accessibility improvements would you make to your favorite video games?
World of Warcraft has added quite a few accessibility options over the years, from improved color blind modes to click and mouseover casting -- but that doesn't mean I can't think of a few additional changes that would be very helpful.



